Looking to enhance your healthcare organization’s patient care and community outreach? Consider hiring a CHW. Discover the benefits of this valuable role in our guide.
As community health workers (CHWs) become increasingly essential to healthcare, government, faith-based and communities, it’s important to understand what it takes to have a successful CHW program. One critical aspect of this success is identifying the core competencies necessary for CHWs to excel in their roles. While specific definitions of core competencies may vary between …
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Assessing your community health worker initiative is crucial for its success and impact on community well-being. Discover how to evaluate your CHW program effectiveness and make data-driven decisions to enhance your program. As someone working on a CHW program, you’ll need to know how well your program is faring if you want it to continue …
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Advance Your ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Training with These 5 Skills / Blog / By Monique Cuvelier Most employers who work with community health workers (CHWs) know that they’re a tremendous help for supporting people with chronic health conditions, but they’re also valuable for anyone who has experienced violence or trauma. Both adults and children …
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Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in improving healthcare access and outcomes in underserved communities. That part is clear and simple. Coordinating community resources and increasing capacity through CHWs can also boost your agency’s reputation and reach in an area. Once you’ve established this, your program will begin to grow on its own …
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Community health worker (CHW) programs can be a valuable resource for improving health outcomes in underserved communities. However, to ensure that training programs for new and experienced CHWs are effective, it’s important to conduct a needs assessment. A needs assessment, or analysis, is an important first step in creating an online training initiative for CHWs. …
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Community health workers (CHWs) are revolutionizing the community healthcare landscape by providing essential health services to underserved communities. Despite their pivotal role, these healthcare champions often face a range of complex challenges. CHWs must be equipped with robust capacity building skills to overcome these hurdles. That’s why you’ll learn about the importance of capacity-building skills …
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Are you preparing to hire a Community Health Worker? Our tips provide you with all the resources needed to build a strong and successful team member.
Just five years ago, most healthcare centers and providers across the US had no idea what a community health worker (CHW) did—never mind how they might fit in with a larger multidisciplinary healthcare team. Then the coronavirus arrived, the health of millions changed, and CHW advocates everywhere jumped at the chance to rebuild their client …
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Community health workers work all around the world in settings as diverse as inner-city hospitals to rural farmlands. They might specialize in one narrow area, such as encouraging more women to receive breast cancer screenings. Or they could be generalists who address anything from connecting someone to low-cost transportation while coaching them on how to …
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